.“ General Kleist, Lieutenant General Oscar asked me to come to you to see what is going on! ”

Facing the surprised major general in front of him, Andres, who raised his head and chested, said with a serious attitude like a recruit who came to report.

"Oh, I see! Your Royal Highness, please sit here! Kleist said and hurriedly gave up a folding chair beside him to the other party, which was probably the best chair in his temporary headquarters, but in Kleist's opinion, it was still disrespectful to ask the crown prince to sit in such a chair.

Andres didn't take his seat, his gaze moved down a little and landed on the other person's face, and after a brief brief glance between his eyes, he said in a calm tone: "General! German Army Lieutenant Andres. William was only ordered to come to find out about the battle situation at the front, so the general didn't have to care so much about royal etiquette! ”

Kleist looked at Andres, and then at the man behind him—an army lieutenant in his thirties, a familiar face from the General Staff, who nodded slightly to himself at this time; Behind them were two army non-commissioned officers dressed in ordinary clothes, with fresh faces and shrewd and capable looks; A few steps later, near the doorway, stood four soldiers armed with MP24 submachine guns, apparently all of whom were the Crown Prince's personal bodyguards.

"Your Highness....... Lieutenant William, please come here!" Kleist pointed to the simple table beside him, on which was a map of operations marked with various symbols.

Only then did Andres' serious expression soften, and then he walked to the table with the lieutenant who accompanied him.

"The vanguard of our army arrived here three hours ago, Pingli Town! This small town with only a few hundred inhabitants was divided in two by a river more than 20 meters wide, and there was originally a civil bridge over the river, but when our troops arrived there, the bridge had been blown up by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army also deployed defensive positions on the other side of the river in an attempt to prevent our troops from crossing the river! By the time he was introduced, Kleist had returned to his normal state, in fact, the panic just now was not because he was cowardly by nature, but because he had served in the Kaiser's 1st Hussar Regiment earlier. As a front-line Guards unit, every soldier there had to learn additional court etiquette, and there were more opportunities to meet the royal family, and the officers and soldiers were more restrained than ordinary people in this situation.

Andres stared at the map and didn't say a word.

"In the past two hours or so, our vanguard has launched three forcible crossing operations on the scale of companies and battalions, but they have all been repulsed by the Japanese army one by one! According to the reports of the front-line troops, the opposing side has 10 to 12 cannons with a caliber of about 50 mm. And it was equipped with a large number of mortars and grenadiers, about 40 light and heavy machine guns, and the terrain on the other side of the river was very defensive! So far, our army has suffered more than 55) casualties! ”

"Called our dive bombers? Checkmate! The lieutenant staff officer, who had come with Andres, asked.

"Yes, two times before and after, the size of the squadron, but the Japanese position is relatively hidden, so the effect of the air attack is not ideal!" Kleist said with depression that the 48-year-old had performed well in the Battle of Gibraltar and the German-American War, and was promoted all the way to his current position - Major General and Division Commander of the German Expeditionary Force.

"General. Excuse me, the divisional artillery unit hasn't gone up yet! Andres on the side finally opened the "golden mouth".

"Yes. Your Highness....... Lieutenant William, the roads in Burma are really bad! "Kleist felt like he had found a soulmate.

"General, how many assault guns are there in the division?" Andres asked seemingly casually.

Kleist doesn't have to think much about it. "The original 36 vehicles, one of which was withdrawn from the battle after striking a mine yesterday, and now there are 35 vehicles!"

"How far are they from Pingli?" Andres asked.

"Josias!" Kleist straightened up and shouted.

Two seconds later, a captain officer ran from the tent next to him, "Here! ”

"Where is Captain Hans's battalion?"

"Report to the division commander, Captain Hans's assault artillery battalion passed Gudo an hour ago, and according to their speed, it will be one and a half hours to reach Pingli!"

"Go and send a telegram and ask for clarification!" With that, Kleist looked at Andres helplessly, swallowing his stomach full of complaints about the roads of Burma.

After a relieved look. Andres turned his gaze back to the map.

Judging from the current situation, his performance is still a long way from the "military genius" expected by everyone, but when thinking about the problem, the 17-and-a-half-year-old face gives people a sense of maturity that greatly exceeds his age, and under the deliberate cultivation of Chen Tiandi, he has a good habit of independent thinking.

On the map, nine red arrows are advancing east side by side, and Kleist's path is the fifth road from north to south, that is, in the center of the attack cluster. When the rest of the Eighth Route troops were hindered and delayed to varying degrees, Andres chose to go to this central front line to "see".

"General Kleist, we want to go to Pingli Town, please assign a liaison officer to us!

May I? Although the last sentence is a question sentence, Andres doesn't seem to leave much room for negotiation for the other party.

Kleist didn't say no, but said sincerely! "Your Highness, the situation on the front line is very complicated, even in the areas occupied by our army, the Japanese stragglers and routs have not been completely cleared! If you must go to the local area, I have to ask the headquarters first! ”

There was a hint of loss in Andrés' eyes, if he wasn't the crown prince, he might have a lot more opportunities to participate in actual combat, rather than just watching from the rear as he is now - even staying with the best commanders can't make up for the lack of talk on paper.

Kleist quickly connected to the General Headquarters of the Expeditionary Force by telephone, and the report for approval was then transmitted to Berlin via airwaves, and only ten minutes later, Kleist received an approval from the highest echelons of the German Army: Agree with Andres. Lieutenant William's request to inspect the town of Pyeong-ri, but the army must do everything in their power to ensure his safety!

Kleist didn't say anything, but in his heart he sighed at the drudgery of "if nothing happens", the current attack is not good enough for a headache, and now he has to take care of this honorable crown prince. Despite this, Kleist made a quick deployment - Andres and his party rushed to Pingli Town with the assault gun battalion, and the division's garrison company also set off as a special escort unit.

Although somewhat surprised by Berlin's speed of reaction and his father's approval, Andrés set off in high spirits, and half an hour later they joined up with the assault gun battalion that was advancing towards the town of Pingli. The Type 626 assault gun, painted with the number 626, became a temporary vehicle for the German crown prince. Armed with a 43 times diameter 75 mm gun, this steel behemoth has fierce firepower and thick frontal armor, which can be used against any Japanese tank, and in the infantry unit it is responsible for fire support, 75 mm armor-piercing shells are used to deal with Japanese reinforced concrete fortifications, in addition to high-explosive shells and smoke grenades for covering infantry, plus more than 30 kilometers of road speed and low cost, This assault gun soon surpassed the old Type 1918 and became the favorite of the German infantry units.

Sitting in the cockpit of an assault gun, Andres soon discovered that the behemoth was in more trouble than a little trouble in Burma, even though the pre-war information had prepared the German ground forces for it. However, under the deliberate sabotage of the Japanese army, the road conditions in Myanmar were still unimaginably bad, and vehicles that could run on the highway had to sway left and right on the potholed dirt road, even if the speed was slow, it was also bumpy and dizzy, and the body was sore.

Watching the heavily armed infantry continue to pass by the car, Andres finally realized why the armored forces, which were the essence of the German Army, were "unknown" on the battlefield in Burma

Finish. - After more than an hour, the old Burmese town finally appeared in front of Andres and the 15 assault guns, and the dense gunfire was telling the people. The heroic German Expeditionary Force was still actively offensive.

Meanwhile. In a villa on the outskirts of Mandalay, Burma's second-largest city, a group of senior Japanese military officers are discussing in an extravagantly decorated conference room, each with a pleasant cup of tea at hand. But judging by the topics they discussed, the atmosphere here was not optimistic.

"Quiet! Be quiet! The fifty-year-old man at the head was dressed in a gorgeous Japanese field marshal's uniform, and the ribbon and medal on his chest were enviable, and although his voice was not loud, after he said "quiet", the entire conference room became silent in just a few seconds.

"His Majesty the Emperor has sent a telegram of encouragement!" The old man held a piece of paper in his right hand, his eyes quickly swept over everyone's faces, and then there was the classic scene in the movie - the officers stood up persuasively.

"All kings should fight to the death and repay each other!"

The officers nodded and said, "Hey! ”

The old man nodded with satisfaction, "Sit down!" ”

Without saying a word, the officers who re-seated turned their attention to the Imperial Family member and Field Marshal, King Morimasa of Rihongu. The 55-year-old was known as Japan's "Malay Tiger" for leading Japan's Southern Dispatch to capture Malaysia from the British, while the young Yamashita was still a wing commander in the Japanese Army.

"Hold on to Burma, and in any case prevent the Germans from opening up the line of communication between China and Burma, this is the glorious duty entrusted to us by the Reich! Now the battle is going according to our expectations, and the Germans are becoming unable to move an inch after reaching the line of the Mu River in front of the ten Imperial soldiers! At the call of the Japanese Empire, the King of Thailand has ordered 100,000 Thai troops to go to Burma to fight with our army, plus the Indian army serving the Empire. Our army has a million potential! Counteroffensive, just around the corner! ”

Hearing the word "counteroffensive", the eyes of the generals present suddenly flashed, but then most of them unexpectedly remained calm, this scene made the ** propaganda of the pear palace a little disappointed, it can be seen that even these senior officers of the Imperial Army are afraid of the strong combat effectiveness of the German Army, not to mention that the German army occupies a huge advantage in the air and sea in Southeast Asia - the limited strength of the Japanese Navy's Southeast Asian task force has adopted a strategy of avoiding reality and fiction from the first day of the German offensive, The Japanese air force deployed in Southeast Asia did not survive a week, and the rapid fall of the Japanese East Indies severely undermined the confidence of the Japanese officers and men, who continued to fight to the death for the emperor, for the empire, and for the spirit of bushido. As for the 100,000 Thai troops, not many Japanese officers will have illusions about them, and a Japanese officer who served as an instructor in the Thai ** team believes that the combat effectiveness of the Thai army is even inferior to that of the squadron, and they can only be cannon fodder on the battlefield.

In order to achieve the effect, Rihongong deliberately accentuated the tone, "counterattack...... From tonight onwards, all German superiority will be wiped out! ”

This shot really rejuvenated the officers present, although there was no familiar buzz, but the confidence on everyone's faces increased significantly - like the Japanese Navy, the Japanese Army also believed that its troops were the king of night battles, and without the protection of fighters, the strength of the German Army would not be enough, and as for the Turkish Army and the German Indian Army, it could not be compared with the elite army of the Great Japanese Empire.

"So......" Rimotogu took off his voice, and after everyone looked at him expectantly for a few seconds, he continued: "All the divisions must hold their positions before dark!" If I lose my position, whoever I do, whatever method I use, will take it back before it gets dark! Otherwise......"

The cold light in the eyes of Rihongu made everyone present shocked, the implicit meaning behind this "otherwise" could not be more obvious to a Japanese officer - find a quiet room, put on a cloth blanket, untie the placket, expose the belly, wipe the ribs, choose a suitable way, that is, a zigzag, a zigzag, a zigzag or a domineering cross, and solve it!

Thinking of this, the Japanese officers present all shouted in a firm tone: "Hey! ”

Rihongu was completely satisfied at this time, and then he sent out the commanders of each division and independent brigade one by one, "Tsuchihashi-kun, Kuroiwa-kun, and Honma-kun, after the three of you get the counterattack order, you will lead your troops to attack the left flank of the German army from Marais; Uehara-kun, Ishiguro-kun, you two lead your troops to attack from Mysah, and the army of the king of Thailand will cooperate with you; Uemura-kun, Kobayashi-kun, Sato-kun, and Ganji-kun, the four of you lead your troops to attack from Mandalay! After the attack, the German army will be tired of attacking and it will be difficult to take care of the defense, our army can make the opponent unable to launch an attack on Burma within half a month, and when the main force of the empire solves Kuye and Qingdao, the army will inevitably go south again, and we will become the number one contributor to the victory of the empire! ”

Once again, the crowd stood up in unison, and in their eyes, a Jedi counterattack would completely change the current unfavorable situation, and if it wasn't for the next small accident, Myanmar might have a chance to become Asia's version of the Ardennes Forest, even if there was no snow here.